able number of special constables, to assist in keeping the peace during the time when such society shall be holding their annual fairs, and make an entry in his docket of the number and names of all such he shall appoint.

SEO. 2. All such constables so appointed shall have all the power of constables to suppress riots, disturbances and breaches of the peace; they may, upon view, arrest any person or persons who may be guilty of violating any of the laws of the State, may pursue and arrest any person fleeing from justice in any part of the State; to apprehend any and all persons in the act of committing any offense against the laws thereof, and may, upon reasonable information, supported by affidavit, procure process for the arrest of any person or persons who may be charged with a breach of the peace, and forthwith bring such person or persons before the competent authority, and enforce all the laws for the preservation of good order

SEC. 3. No person shall be allowed to keep any shop, booth, tent, wagon, or other carriage, vessel or boat, or any stand or table for the sale of any spirituous or other liquors, or sell or expose to sale, give, barter or otherwise dispose of, in or near such shop, booth, tent, wagon, or other carriage, vessel, boat, stand or table, or in any other way or place, any spirituous or other liquors, at or within the distance of two miles from the place where any such agricultural fairs are held.

SEC. 4. That any person or persons who shall be guilty of a breach of this act, and shall be notified by any one of the officers authorized to make an arrest or seizure, or by any other person, that he, she or they are violating the law; and if, after such notice, such person shall continue in such violation, he, she or they shall forfeit and pay for such offense, a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, to be paid over to the treasury of such agricultural society where the offense was committed; and any judge of the court, sheriff, coroner, justice of the peace of the proper county, or any constable of the proper township, or the constables specially appointed, shall, upon view or information, without warrant, apprehend any person so offending, and seize such booth, tent or wagon, or other carriage, stand, vessel or boat, selling spirituous or other liquors, and convey the same to a place of safe keeping, and take the person so offending before some officer having competent jurisdiction, together with an inventory of the things so seized, and the officer before whom such alleged offender shall be brought, shall proceed forthwith to inquire into the truth of the accusation, and if true, shall enforce the penalties of this act.

SEO. 5. If the accused shall fail to pay such fines as shall be assessed, together with all of the costs of proceedings, including the necessary expenses of such seizure, the said officer be fore whom such offender was tried, shall forthwith issue a venditioni exponas, commanding any constable of the township in which such inquiry shall be held, to make the fine and costs, necessary expenses, and costs of execution, by sale of so much of the property as shall be necessary therefor, and make return thereof within ten days thereafter.

SEC. 6. That in the execution of the venditioni exponas, the said constable, at least ten days before the sale, shall advertise the property to be sold at two of the most public places of the township, where the same is to be sold, at one of which places, to be designated in the notice, between the hours of ten o'clock A. M. and four o'clock P. M., said sale shall be held; said constable first selling or offering for sale the articles which the offender brought on to the ground for traffic, and the overplus of the property so seized as aforesaid, after the satisfaction of said venditioni exponas, shall be delivered to the defendant, on demand; but if he shall fail to de mand the same for ten days after such sale, the same shall become forfeited to the said agricul tural society, and if the property so seized shall be found insufficient to satisfy said venditioni exponas and costs of execution, said justice of the peace shall, at any time thereafter, on request of the treasurer of said society, issue a fieri facias to collect the balance thereof.

Passed April 11, 1856.

AN ACT

To amend section three and section six of an act for the encouragement of agriculture, passed February 28, 1846,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That section three of the above recited act be amended so as to read as follows; It shall be the duty of each county or district society to publish annually a list of awards, and an abstract of the treasurer's account in a newspaper of the district; and to make a report of their proceedings during the year, and a synopsis of the awards for improvements in agriculture and household manufactures, together with an abstract of the several descriptions of these improvements, and also make a report of the condition of agriculture in their county or district; which reports shall be made out in aooordance with the rules and regulations of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, and shall be forwarded to the State Board at their annual meeting in January in each year; and no subsequent payment shall be made from the county treasury unless a certificate be presented to the auditor, from the president of the State Board, showing that such reports have been made.

SEO. 2. That section six be amended so as to read as follows: There shall be held in the city of Columbus on the first Wednesday after the first Monday in January, an annual meeting of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, together with the President of each County Agricultural Society, or their delegate therefrom duly authorized, who shall for the time being be ex officio members of the State Board of Agriculture, for the purpose of deliberation and consultation, as to the wants, prospects, and condition of the agricultural interests throughout the State; and at such annual meeting the several reports from the county societies shall be delivered to the President of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, and the said president and delegates shall at this meeting, elect suitable persons to fill all vacancies in the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. SEO. 3. That sections three and six be and the same are hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Passed February 20, 1861.

AN ACT

To protect agricultural fairs.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That it shall be unlawful for any person to exhibit or show any natural or artificial curiosity for any price or gain, or shall set up to let or use for profit any swing, revolving swing, flying horses, or whirligigs, within one-fourth of a mile of the fair ground of any agricultural society in this State, while the fair of such society is being held therein, unless such person shall first have obtained the written permission of the Board of such agricultural society to make such exhibition.

SEO. 2. That if any person shal violate the provisions of this act, he shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than one nor more than one hundred dollars; and all moneys derived from the violation of this act shall be appropriated to the support of common schools.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Passed April 6, 1861.

AN ACT

To provide for the creation and regulation of township agricultural societies.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That when any num ber of natural persons of any township in the State of Ohio shall form an association for the

promotion of agriculture in such township, and shall, under their hands and seals, make a certificate, and acknowledge the same before a justice of the peace, in which shall be specified the name of the society, the objects of its formation, and the township in which it shall be located, and shall record the same in the recorder's office of the proper county, such society shall be deemed a body corporate, with succession, and with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, contract and be contracted with; to make and use a common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure; and shall have power to purchase and hold, in fee simple, or to rent or lease such real estate as may be required as a site for holding fairs, not exceeding twenty acres, and to establish all necessary rules and regulations for the management of such fairs, and the legitimate business of the society.

SEO. 2. This act shall take effect on and after its passage.

Passed May 1, 1861.

LAW RELATING TO PUBLIC SHOWS.

AN ACT

To amend an act entitled "An act to regulate Public Shows," passed February 28, 1831. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That so much of the first section of the act to which this is an amendment, as provides that it shall not be necessary for any exhibiter or exhibiters of any show allowed to be exhibited by said act, to obtain a permit from the county auditor, to show or exhibit in any incorporated town or city, where by the laws or ordinance of such town or city, such exhibiter or exhibiters may be required to obtain a permit or license from the municipal anthority of said town or city, be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. Before any person or persons shall be permitted to exhibit any public show; in any Incorporated town or city in this State, he or they shall first be required to obtain a permit from the auditor of the county in which such town or city may be located, according to the provissions of the act to which this is an amendment, and the act to create a permanent agricultural fund, passed February 6, 1847, and all moneys paid into the treasuries of the several counties under the provisions of this act, shall be paid over and disposed of according to the provisions of the act above named.

SEC. 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to interfere with the right or power of any Incorporated town or city of this State, to impose a license upon all shows exhibited in such town or city in addition to that imposed by this act.

Passed March 21, 1849.

AN ACT

In relation to statistics of agricultural and mineral products.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That it shall be the duty of the several township assessors in all the counties in the state, at the time of making the annual assessment of personal property for taxation, to collect the following items of statistics in addition to those already authorized by law, viz.:

First-The number of acres grown in clover, the number of tons of hay made from it, the number of bushels of seed obtained, and the number of acres of clover plowed under for manure. Second-The number of acres planted in tobacco, and the number of pounds obtained. Third-The number of (old and young) dogs, both male and female.

Fourth-The number of tons of pig-iron manufactured, and the bushels of stone-coal dug. Fifth-The number of acres sown in flax, number of pounds of fibre gathered, and the number of bushels of seed obtained.

Sixth-The number of acres planted in sorgo, the number of gallons of syrup manufactured, and the number of pounds of sugar obtained.

Seventh-The number of pounds of maple sugar made, and the number of gallons of syrup manufactured.

Eighth-The number of pounds each of butter and cheese manufactured.

Ninth-The number of acres planted in potatoes, and the number of bushels obtained; and make a correct return thereof to the county auditors of their respective counties at the same time that a return of the enlisted property is made.

SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the county auditors to forward annually, on or before the first day of June, to the office of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, the aggregate of each of the items of statistics enumerated in the first section of this act, together with the aggregate of each and every item of statistics of acreage and product, where acreage is enumerated, and the aggregate product where no acreage is enumerated, of all the agricultural statistics by law authorized to be returned to the auditor of state; together with the aggregate number and value of the horses, cattle, sheep and swine in the county, as sent to the office of state auditor SEC. 3. This act to take effect from and after its passage.

Passed February 20, 1864.

AN ACT

To create a permanent fund for the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. WHEREAS, On the 8th day of February, A. D. 1847, a bill was passed by the Ohio legislature, entitled "An act to create a permanent agricultural fund in the State of Ohio, and for other purposes;" which bill provides that the minimum of show licenses shall be twenty dollars, and that one half of the fund arising from show licenses throughout the state shall be set apart for the state agricultural fund; and said bill furthermore provides, that the fund arising from the sale of escheated lands shall also be set apart for the state agricultural fund; and,

WHEREAS, The aforesaid bill exonerates Hamilton county from the payment into the state treasury for the agricultural fund, of any portion of the show licenses or escheats acquired within said county of Hamilton; and,

WHEREAS, On the 29th of March, 1856, a bill was passed by the legislature of Ohio, authorizing the sum of six hundred dollars to be retained in the county in which an escheat might transpire; and,

WHEREAS, On the 16th day of April, 1862, the legislature of Ohio passed a bill which, in effect, virtually deprives the fund arising from escheat, from passing into the state treasury for the benefit of said agricultural fund; and,

WHEREAS, The Ohio State Board of Agriculture has derived an annual average sum of two thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars from the two sources of revenue indicated or authorized by the act of February 8, 1847: Therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That there is hereby appropriated from the general revenue not otherwise appropriated, for each of the years 1864 and 1865, the sum of three thousand three hundred dollars, for the encouragement and improvement of the agricultural interests of the state, in such manner as the State Board of Agriculture may deem most conducive to that object: Provided, that said State Board of Agriculture shall pay the sum of three hundred dollars annually to the Ohio Pomological Society; and the Treasurer of State is hereby directed to pay said sum to the president of Ohio State Board of Agriculture, on the warrant of the Auditor of State.

SEC. 2. That portion of the show license fund heretofore set apart for the state agricultural fund, and the funds arising from the sale of escheated lands set apart for the state agricultural fund, shall be collected as heretofore and paid into the state treasury, and be regarded in every sense as forming a part of the general revenue.

SEC. 3. This act to take effect from and after its passage.

Passed March 31, 1864.

RULES

For the Organization and Management of County and District Societies.

I. The officers of each Society shall consist of a President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and at least five Managers or Directors, who, together, shall constitute a Board of Directors for the management of the affairs of the Society, and shall hold their offices until their successors are duly elected.

II. Members of the Society must be residents of the county or district, must be over twentyone years old, and must annually pay the sum of one dollar to the Treasurer.

III. The Treasurer shall keep a list of the members of the Society, so that he may be able to report to the State Board the number of members each year, and so that it may be ascertained who are entitled to vote for officers.

IV. The election for officers, for each County and District Society, shall be held in each year, at such time in January as the County or District Society may determine upon.

V. County or District Societies may open their premium lists to all persons, without restric tion, except on field crops, which shall be confined to the county or district.

VI. Competitors for premiums must be members of the Society.

VII. All articles offered for premiums must be owned by the person offering the same, or by some member of his or her family.

VIII. Awarding committees must comply with the provisions of the law requiring compet itors for premiums on crops and other improvements to furnish full and accurate statements of the process, expense of culture, production, &c.

IX. Competitors for premiums on crops shall be required to have the ground and its products accurately measured, and satisfactory proof, under oath, must be furnished by each competitor.

X. Each Society shall have duly prepared an annual report, and shall present the same to the State Board of Agriculture on or before the annual meeting of said Board, as prescribed to be held by the second section of the "Act for the encouragement of Agriculture," passed April 6th, 1861.

XI. Said report shall contain the following:

1. A list of the premiums awarded at the previous Annual Fair,

2. A copy of the published abstract of the Treasurer's account, as the same was published, in conformity with the first section of the above named act.

3. All statements of competitors for premiuus on crops and other improvements in agriculture, detailing mode of tillage, &c., &c.

4 A general account of the proceedings of the Society, the number of its members, and the prospects of its progress and usefulness

5. A statement of the principal crops rai ed in the county or district; an estimate of the amount of each raised; the average yield per aere; the striking characteristics of the previous Beason; the names of the destructive insects which may have injured the crops; and such other facts as will tend to give a full view of the state of agriculture in each county or district, so that the same may be embodied in the succeeding Annual Report, made by the State Board to the Legislature.